There is no partner as important for the United States in Asia as India and the growing convergence of interests and outlook has brought about unprecedented cooperation between the two nations on regional and global security, a top US official has said.

As a follow-up to the US-India Higher Education Dialogue, Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy Tara Sonenshine and Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao discussed how people-to-people ties are the heart of the US-India relationship. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Robert Blake moderated the live webchat...

A visiting U.S. official said on Saturday that the Maldives wasn't ready for early elections as a way out of its political crisis as the Indian Ocean nation's new president agreed to an independent investigation into his takeover of power.

The United States on Thursday recognized the new government of Maldives President Mohamed Waheed as legitimate and urged him to fulfill a pledge to form a national unity government. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland also said Robert Blake, the top US diplomat for south Asia, telephoned former president Mohamed Nasheed to tell him Washing...

India today took up the issue of popular TV host Jay Leno's remarks on the Golden Temple with the US and wrote a strong letter to NBC, which had aired the show. Indian Deputy Chief of Mission here Arun Kumar Singh met Robert Blake, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia and conveyed India's views on the issue, official sources t...

US Assistant Secretary of State (Bureau of South and central Asian affairs) Robert O Blake on Friday said the future of Indian economy seems very bright and the country is likely to become the world's third largest economy by 2030, and the largest by 2050.
He added, "The incredible growth of India's economy has resulted in positive spillover...

India, fuelled by a young, dynamic and educated population, is all set to be a success story of "our time", a top Obama Administration official said today.Noting that the country was on track to have the largest economy by 2050, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake said, "India is a rising giant whose influence is...

Hours after a verdict drove home the point that justice, after 25 years, is nowhere on the horizon of a city left gasping for breath, America's reaction to the sentence in the Bhopal gas tragedy seemed tactless, even insulting. US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake said, "I don't expect this verdict to reopen any new inquiries or anything li...

The United States, which recently concluded its strategic dialogues with Pakistan andChina, has said that India is its indispensable ally and will be one of the defining partnerships for America in the 21st century."President (Barack) Obama has called India an indispensable partner and has said that India will be one of the defining partnerships fo...